Kindlon & Shanks get $605G for prison rape victim

ALBANY -— In one of the largest judgments on record involving prison-abuse allegations, the state of New York has been ordered to pay $605,750 to an Albany woman who was raped by a prison guard five years ago.
The judgment was handed down this week by Court of Claims Judge Philip J. Patti in a decision that detailed investigative missteps by state officials and the deep psychological scars of the victim, who was incarcerated for a probation violation on her conviction for unauthorized use of a credit card.
Court records identify the victim only as “Anna.” She was raped in June 2007 at Albion state prison in Orleans County by a guard, Donald Lasker, who was later fired and sentenced to two months of weekends in jail.
An earlier attempted rape of the victim was disrupted by a sergeant who found the victim curled up and crying on a floor. The sergeant later questioned the victim, but no action was taken to remove Lasker from duty or restrict his supervision of female inmates, including the victim.
Also, at the time of the rape, Lasker had been under investigation for several months for allegedly raping another female inmate.Click here for full story.